The Tower: Prestige Digs in Tuscaloosa
Real estate developer William Yandell was having lunch with his son in downtown Tuscaloosa in 2009 when he spotted one of the city’s iconic...
HudsonAlpha Breeds Serial Entrepreneurs
When the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology opened in Huntsville in 2009, it promised to boost genomic research, economic development and educational outreach.
The institute has...
Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc: Footprints in the Dark Illuminated
CEOs like to talk about “vision, ” but, at Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc. in Huntsville, it’s not a metaphorical discussion.
The company’s latest product generates enhanced...
Tracking the Long Life of Nuclear Harm
In a spate of recent medical journal articles and presentations at scientific conferences, Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki has warned that long-term health risks from nuclear...
Ed Robbins III: The Shoals’ Inventor/Entrepreneur
Imagine. That’s what Edward “Ed” Stanley Robbins III has done his whole life. It’s the reason that, at age 82, he holds more than...
Atherotech: Building Better Blood Tests For The Future
It’s a bit unsettling to know that the traditional cholesterol test used on patients most at risk for heart disease is inaccurate 60 percent...
Vista Engineering & Consulting LLC: The Cutting Edge of Diamond Forming
Scientific exploration is the kinetic energy coursing through Vista Engineering & Consulting LLC. With more than 30 years of engineering experience, Raymond Thompson formed...
Vulcan Materials: Hard Rock Mining Easing Up
Tom Hill, in July, was named president and CEO of Vulcan Materials Inc., the second largest nonbank public company in Alabama, with revenues of...
Cullman, Walker and Winston Counties Take the Spotlight
Cullman, Walker and Winston counties are situated in north central Alabama and share Lewis Smith Lake, one of 11 premier bass fishing lakes located...
Biofuel: The Farmer’s Alchemist To Stop Waste of Biomass
There’s oil in them there … corn cobs?
A Tuscaloosa-based company certainly thinks so. Inventure Renewables has created a process to take basic waste biomass,...
